Hook and eye.



L. G. HAKES.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATlON man MAY 2, I914.

1 1 fifi g'w i Patented Sept. 26, 1916 e jns rnrnnr erosion.

\ I tr'trmitlennon imxns, for imirsvxtnn. new YORK.

' HOOK no; EYE.

To (4H "1(760172 itmag concern: 1

Be itlmown that I, LILLTAN GRACE HAKES,

a. iritizen of the United States, residing 'utv Dansville, in the county ofLivingston and State of New Yorln'have invented certain "new and useful Improyements in Hooks and Eyes, ot' which the following is a specific-:1- tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a hoolrudupted to be used in connection with an eye, comprising a bodyportion and a hook portion bent to be entirely within the bod, "portion nnd to lie in theszune plane therewith.

A further object is toso construct the eye and the hook portion of the hook member, that the hook is'engaged with the eye the structure of the'hook portion is sprung to 'pass through the eye, and "when passed through the eye returns to its normal position where it holds the two members against accidental disengzigeinent.

With other objects in view, which'will be referred to, my invention consists "in the peculiiir combination and novel arrangement "of parts, such as will be hereinafteumore fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawingz-Figure 1 is a View in *planof the hook and eye members connected together to show the relation 'which they would'occupy when' in use on the two parts of a garment. Fig. 2 isa 'iew in perspective of the hookmeinber. Fig. 3 is a per- "speotive' view to betterillustrate the structure of the eye member. Fig. i is a frog- ,inentary perspective vi'ewto better illustrate the interlocking connection between the two members.

The hook member 1, and the eye member 2, as shown in Fig. 1,5118 eachbomposed'of a. single st'randof'wire bent up to the desired form. The shaping of the hook member 1 mightbe started at the 'e'nd' 3, from'wliich it is "chi'ried" forward and the wire is bent f around upon; itself to form the thread loop 4 end/is again carried forward; the strand being then broughtback' to extend approxi- "nmtely parallel with the portion fronrthe" end 8 end'bentback again to form the bill Y or ho ok'portion 5. The bending is continued to form the thread loops 6; side member 7,

j thread loop 8,'thread loop 9 and the end 10 is then carried forward :ind hipped over the end 3to completethe structure of'the memvand at its extreme end or formed at one end,-the strand mencement of the bending pletering, thus when the hook member 18 spe'cification of Iietters Patent. Patented Sept. so, 12916. Applicationfiled May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,940.

of the hook is shaped on the spring shoui'ders 11 nose is bent upslightly, as better shown in Fig; 2,

tel-1. Thebillo its sides to form wardly at 12.

The eye member-2 has the thread loop 13 of wire is then carried forwardly itself s nt l'and at the free end a; thread jloop l 5 similar to the loop 13 is provided. The bight 14: of the eye inen'lber is bowed at its side at 16 and 11m form a space oi greater transverse (hn'u-rnsmn, than that providedimmediately within the bight of this member.

"In use, the nook member 1 and the eye member 2 will be attached to the two parts of the garment to be connected together, in

:the' usual manner by sewing through the thread loops of these members. To connect the one member within the other, the eye member is brought to a. position with the big-ht l4 thereoiover the turnedmp end 12 of the bill of the hook member, then by on erting pressure laterally of the two meml'iers, the spring shoulders 11 on the hook portion 5 of the member 1 are sprung in sufliciently that they pass between the sides 16 and 17 of the member 2 and the big-ht 14 of the member 2 is brought to a position to bear within the loops 18 between the body portion and the hook portion of the member 1, this relation being better illustrated in Figs. 1 ends.

'In the showing in Fig. 2, the hook mem her 1 is made in a slightly different manner, in this disclosure, the strand of wire from which the member is formed is at the comoperation a corncompleted the side members 7 of the body portion are identical and the ends 3 and 10 which-'were left in the formhereinbefore described aredone away'wvith.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have proyided'hook and eye members," which when attached to the'gs rment present that strncture'fezisilydroned over, and they-hook member of which 1s" so constructed that when engaged with the eye it acts to prevent.

accidental disengagement.

"While I'have herein shown and described only specific forms of-my invention, it will be; understood that sli ht changes might be made -in the form anc hrrangement of the parts as described without departing from and bent back upon the spirit and scope of my invention, and.

hence I do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claim may import.

I claim As an article of manufacture, a hook member to be used in conjunction with an eye member which hook member is bent and shaped from. a single piece of wire, the wire being shaped at one end to provide a pair of thread loops arranged in spaced apart relation with a cross bar maintaining this spaced positioning and the extreme end shaped to form a side portion for the hook member, the main extent of the wire wrapped angularly with respect to' the cross portion to form the remaining side member of the hook structure, bent and looped to form a thread receii ing eye,-shaped to form the bill of a hook, bent and looped to form a thread receiving eye adjacent to the bill of the hook and substantially opposite to the last men tioned eye, and the free end of the wire then bent to act in conjunction with the remaining end to form the completed side of the hook member, the parts bein arranged in such a manner that the threa receiving loops and the hook are disposed in the same plane.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LILLIAN GRACE HAKES.

Witnesses: Y

F. H. MARY, CHARLES W. HAKns 

